The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, club of Cubans Alfredo Despaigne, Yurisbel Gracial and Livan Moinelo, beat 5-4 the Hiroshima Toyo Carp in the fifth game of the grand final of the Japanese Professional Baseball League.

Cuban ballplayer Yurisbel Gracial hit two home runs today, thus amounting three in the last two matches, during the of the regular stage in the Japanese Professional Baseball League.